Minnie Lee Group

The Minnie Lee Group is a copper mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 2,799 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Minnie Lee Group  

State:  Washington

County:  Skamania

Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 46.3736, -122.15480

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Minnie Lee Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Minnie Lee Group
Secondary: N.C. Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Minnie Lee Nos. 1-3


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: St. Helens District - Ryan Lake Area


Land Status

Land ownership: National Monument
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: In Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument In Gifford Pinchot National Forest


Holdings

Type: Patented


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Cascadia Mining And Development Co.
Years: 1926 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Form: VEIN


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fracture Zone


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): ON SOUTHERN SLOPE OF GOAT MOUNTAIN. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 5 PATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Development): NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON PROPERTY SINCE 1905

Comment (Deposit): VEIN 18 IN.-5.5 FT THICK, CONTAINING ABUNDANT PYRITE, FOLLOWS A N30W TRENDING FRACTURE ZONE IN GRANODIORITE.

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, ADITS, CROSSCUTS. ALL WORKINGS CAVED IN 1977

Comment (Deposit): LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN, (1977, p. 20)

Comment (Location): Collapsed timbers are visible on Google Earth at approximate point shown on Moen (1977, p.20) map of shaft on claim no. 4. Adits shown on claims 3 and 5 were not visible.


References

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 78.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 17, 20, 24.


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